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• M’diq-Fnideq Authorities Address Majority of Moroccan Expat Complaints
  13 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The local authorities of M’diq-Fnideq have dealt with no less than 19 complaints out of the 39 of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) in 2019. More than a dozen others are in the process of being handled.
  19 complaints handled, 16 others in the process of being handled. The Prefecture of M’diq-Fnideq has taken stock of the complaints of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs), during the open house days organized on the sidelines of the celebration of the National Migrant Day.
  According to the (…)

• Morocco Mandates Nurseries in Government Offices to Boost Gender Equality
  27 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  Ministerial departments and public services will now be equipped with nurseries, according to a circular from the Minister in charge of Public Administration and Civil Service Reform, Mohammed Benabdelkader.
  Facilitating women’s access to positions of responsibility is the objective of this new measure. Decided by the Minister, this initiative aims to strengthen gender equality as stipulated in the Constitution.
  The same circular reminds that these nurseries will have to be set up at (…)

• Moroccan Court Removes Islamist Mayor, Deputies for Urban Planning Violations
  11 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  The president of the commune of Aït Melloul, El Houcine El Asri and two of his deputies, were dismissed, on Monday, February 10, 2020, from their duties, for "serious" violations of the legislation relating to urban planning. This is the judgment rendered by the administrative court of Agadir.
  In addition to the president of the commune of Aït Melloul, El Houcine El Asri, the third deputy, Ahmed Enjiri, in charge of urban planning issues, and El Houcine El Aouami, president of the (…)

• Morocco’s Real Estate Sector Struggles to Rebound Amid Housing Deficit
  29 June 2021, by Armel

  The real estate sector is still struggling to recover despite the gradual resumption of economic activities. The sector continues to suffer the consequences of the crisis, both in terms of real estate development activity and employment. Yet, Morocco is facing a housing deficit. Specialists denounce bottlenecks that prevent responding to the aspirations and demands of the population.
  Acquisition requests are back, rental prices are stagnant, customer needs have evolved, but uncertainty (…)

• Morocco Extends Deadline for Pre-2010 Electronic Driving License Renewals
  12 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  Vehicle drivers, holders of a driving license, before October 1, 2010, are not required to renew it before September 30, 2020, announced the State Secretariat for Transport.
  In a press release, the State Secretariat for Transport stated that the 2010 Road Code, which came into effect on October 1, 2010, provided for this measure. Indeed, the driving license is subject to a validity period of ten years and, thus, those issued on an electronic medium and issued before October 1, 2010 must, (…)

• Morocco Denies Authenticity of Documents Claiming Egyptian President’s Mother is Moroccan
  22 September 2019, by Sylvanus

  The General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) categorically rejected the authenticity of two documents attributed to it, published on social networks. These documents concern the mother of the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi.
  In a press release, the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) formally denies the authenticity of two documents.
  "Foreign pages on a social network have circulated two documents that are the subject of blatant forgery in (…)

• Moroccan Officials Face Corruption Charges: Dozens of Mayors and Councillors Prosecuted
  5 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  The Ministry of the Interior has initiated legal proceedings against about thirty mayors, along with 15 deputy mayors and 34 municipal councillors, for misappropriating public funds and falsifying administrative documents.
  An official document sent by the Ministry of the Interior to members of the Interior, Territorial Authorities, Housing and Urban Policy Commission within the House of Representatives indicates that 26 judgments have been handed down against the mayors and their (…)

• Morocco Expands Rural Housing Initiatives as Building Permits Rise
  17 June 2021, by Jérôme

  According to the system in place in Morocco, the president of the municipality, after the opinion of the specialized commission, is entitled to grant the building permit, regardless of the area of the land plot, provided that this construction does not create diversified and scattered real estate operations, reports L’Economiste, reporting Bouchareb’s explanations. The latest statistics, indicates the minister, show that the authorizations requested in the rural world represent 33% of the (…)

• Interior Ministry Reshuffles 20% of Morocco’s Authority Agents in Performance Overhaul
  4 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  895 authority agents, or nearly 20% of this corps serving in the territorial administration, have been transferred. This is what should be noted from the latest movement carried out by the Ministry of the Interior.
  Establishment of a pioneering experience at the level of the civil service. This is the whole meaning of the movement that took place in the ranks of the authority agents, with 895 of them. This movement led to the implementation of a new integrated system for evaluating the (…)

• Morocco Modernizes Customs System to Combat Tax Evasion and Smuggling
  2 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  A convention to acquire a new integrated and secure marking system has been signed between the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII) and the company SICPA SA. This agreement was validated for the control of certain goods subject to Domestic Consumption Taxes (TIC), a press release from the ADII said on Thursday.
  The new agreement signed between customs and the company SICPA SA provides for investments and functionalities that revolve around the creation of local added value, (…)